Kim Kardashian defends herself over her makeup kit’s blackface controversy

Kim Kardashian has responded to the claims that she used blackface to promote her new makeup line – by insisting that she was just really tanned when taking the photos. 

The 36-year-old caused controversy when she released promo photos of her new contouring kit but fans claimed her skin looked a lot darker than normal in the shots, accusing her of using ‘blackface’.

But Kim has now spoken out in defence of herself, insisting she meant no offence and claiming she was just tanned during the shoot.

‘I would obviously never want to offend anyone,’ the 36-year-old reality star declared in the New York Times on Monday.

‘I used an amazing photographer and a team of people. I was really tan when we shot the images, and it might be that the contrast was off.

‘But I showed the image to many people, to many in the business. No one brought that to our attention. No one mentioned itWhen the Keeping Up With The Kardashian star had first posted the teaser image for her counter kit, social media users instantly slammed her, declaring it was unnecessary for her to look so much darker than usual.

Kim, who has two children with her black husband Kanye West, also promised that she had ‘the utmost respect for why people might feel the way they did.’

‘We made the necessary changes to that photo and the rest of the photos,’ she said.

‘We saw the problem, and we adapted and changed right away. Definitely I have learned from it.’

Some Twitter users have now come to the socialite’s defence, although there are still some who don’t buy her apology, with one sarcastically suggesting Kim was just advertising the ‘different shades of highlight and contour on herself’.